RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564), Padua, and the fetal “shunts”
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
JO Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP F157
OP F159
DO 10.1136/fn.88.2.F157
VO 88
IS 2
A1 Dunn, P M
YR 2003
UL http://fn.bmj.com/content/88/2/F157.abstract
AB Three remarkable medical anatomists working in Padua during the 16th century described the anatomy of the fetal cardiovascular system, thus laying the foundation for William Harvey’s discovery and description of the fetal circulation in the following century.